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Thinking Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad…
- Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
- Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed…
- As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them…
- I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.…
- Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty
- I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall…
- I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or…
- Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.
- A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.
- Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,…
- Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.
- Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.
- In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for…
- I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations of adult persons;…
- If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.
- I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with…
- If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all…
- And we daily in our experiments electrise bodies plus or minus, as we think proper. [These terms we may use till your Philosophers give us…
- 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.
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